Hi all !
I've been reading many of your posts for a while now but this is the first time I'm posting.
I've had Lasik surgery two years ago and ... hello dry eyes !
My symptoms are not as terrible as many of you (from what I read). Vision blurs, got to add tears or yawn every 30 mins, I feel like I have a grain of sand in my left eye... etc
Anyway, after noticing that artificial tears were not enough, I tried plugs, more plugs, different plugs. Eaglevision permanent plugs fell in or out, temporary dissolvable Visiplugs fell in (yes I started with permanent then moved to temporary, because the new doc said the temporary ones absorbed tears and should have therefore been more stable in the tear duct...), mushroom-type Painlessplugs kept hitting the eyeball and I couldn't look to my right without irritation...
The good news for me are, when plugs are in there, I feel great. The bad news are, the plugs mysteriously disappear after one week in the left eye (lost 5 plugs on the same side).
So now I'm thinking about cautery... but not only is the doctor hesitant and asking me to wait, but I also read your different posts and some people had terrible experiences with this.
In my case, it would be closing the left , bottom tear duct (because plugging only the bottom has proven to be comfortable enough); the doc says it's permanent and could cause problems if my tear production increases (would have overflow). But from what I've read here, I didn't see anyone saying their tear production has dramatically increased ? And some said the cauterization wasn't even permanent.....
Sorry for bothering you with this, but who could give better advice than people who have been in the same situation ^^
Thanks !!!
Pat
I've been reading many of your posts for a while now but this is the first time I'm posting.
I've had Lasik surgery two years ago and ... hello dry eyes !
My symptoms are not as terrible as many of you (from what I read). Vision blurs, got to add tears or yawn every 30 mins, I feel like I have a grain of sand in my left eye... etc
Anyway, after noticing that artificial tears were not enough, I tried plugs, more plugs, different plugs. Eaglevision permanent plugs fell in or out, temporary dissolvable Visiplugs fell in (yes I started with permanent then moved to temporary, because the new doc said the temporary ones absorbed tears and should have therefore been more stable in the tear duct...), mushroom-type Painlessplugs kept hitting the eyeball and I couldn't look to my right without irritation...
The good news for me are, when plugs are in there, I feel great. The bad news are, the plugs mysteriously disappear after one week in the left eye (lost 5 plugs on the same side).
So now I'm thinking about cautery... but not only is the doctor hesitant and asking me to wait, but I also read your different posts and some people had terrible experiences with this.
In my case, it would be closing the left , bottom tear duct (because plugging only the bottom has proven to be comfortable enough); the doc says it's permanent and could cause problems if my tear production increases (would have overflow). But from what I've read here, I didn't see anyone saying their tear production has dramatically increased ? And some said the cauterization wasn't even permanent.....
Sorry for bothering you with this, but who could give better advice than people who have been in the same situation ^^
Thanks !!!
Pat
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